Daily Wisdom Plan

¹Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever!

²Who can put into words the mighty deeds of the LORD? Or who can proclaim all His praise [that is due Him]?

³Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God's precepts], Who practice righteousness at all times.

⁴Remember me, O LORD, when You favor Your people. Visit me with Your salvation [when You rescue them],

⁵That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.

⁶We have sinned like our fathers; We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

⁷Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles; They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts, But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea.

⁸Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His [supreme] power known.

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; And He led them through the depths as through a pasture.

¹⁰So He saved them from the hand of the one that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy.

¹¹And the waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left.

¹²Then Israel believed in [the validity of] His words; They sang His praise.

¹³But they quickly forgot His works; They did not [patiently] wait for His counsel and purpose [to be revealed regarding them],

¹⁴But lusted intensely in the wilderness And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.

¹⁵So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶They envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the LORD,

¹⁷Therefore the earth opened and swallowed Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.

¹⁸And a fire broke out in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.

¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb (Sinai) And worshiped a cast image.

²⁰Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.

²¹They forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt,

²²Wonders in the land of Ham, Awesome things at the Red Sea.

²³Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

²⁴Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan]; They did not believe in His word nor rely on it,

²⁵But they sulked and complained in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

²⁶Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them, That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,

²⁷And that He would cast out their descendants among the nations And scatter them in the lands [of the earth].

²⁸They joined themselves also to [the idol] Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

²⁹Thus they provoked Him to anger with their practices, And a plague broke out among them.

³⁰Then Phinehas [the priest] stood up and interceded, And so the plague was halted.

³¹And that was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.

³²They provoked Him to anger at the waters of Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

³³Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, Moses spoke recklessly with his lips.

³⁴They did not destroy the [pagan] peoples [in Canaan], As the LORD commanded them,

³⁵But they mingled with the [idolatrous] nations And learned their ways,

³⁶And served their idols, Which became a [dreadful] snare to them.

³⁷They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons

³⁸And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with their blood.

³⁹In this way they became unclean in their practices; They played the prostitute in their own deeds [by giving their worship, which belongs to God alone, to other "gods"].

⁴⁰Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people And He detested His own inheritance.

⁴¹He gave them into the hands of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under the [powerful] hand of their enemies.

⁴³Many times He rescued them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And sank down in their wickedness.

⁴⁴Nevertheless He looked [sympathetically] at their distress When He heard their cry;

⁴⁵And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

⁴⁶He also made them objects of compassion Among those who had carried them away captive.

⁴⁷Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to Your holy name And glory in praising You.

⁴⁸Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen." Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever!

²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

³And gathered them from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a [solitary] desert region; And did not find a way to an inhabited city.

⁵Hungry and thirsty, They fainted.

⁶Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He rescued them from their distresses.

⁷He led them by the straight way, To an inhabited city [where they could establish their homes].

⁸Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

⁹For He satisfies the parched throat, And fills the hungry appetite with what is good.

¹⁰Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness, Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,

¹¹Because they had rebelled against the precepts of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

¹²Therefore He humbled their heart with hard labor; They stumbled and there was no one to help.

¹³Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them from their distresses.

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darkness And broke their bonds apart.

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

¹⁶For He has shattered the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron apart.

¹⁷Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their sins, were afflicted.

¹⁸They detested all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them from their distresses.

²⁰He sent His word and healed them, And rescued them from their destruction.

²¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

²²And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And speak of His deeds with shouts of joy!

²³Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;

²⁴They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep.

²⁵For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea.

²⁶They went up toward the heavens [on the crest of the wave], they went down again to the depths [of the watery trough]; Their courage melted away in their misery.

²⁷They staggered and trembled like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end [all their wisdom was useless].

²⁸Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.

²⁹He hushed the storm to a gentle whisper, So that the waves of the sea were still.

³⁰Then they were glad because of the calm, And He guided them to their desired haven (harbor).

³¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

³²Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

³⁴A productive land into a [barren] salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

³⁵He turns a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;

³⁶And there He has the hungry dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city,

³⁷And sow fields and plant vineyards, And produce an abundant harvest.

³⁸Also He blesses them so that they multiply greatly, And He does not let [the number of] their cattle decrease.

³⁹When they are diminished and bowed down (humbled) Through oppression, misery, and sorrow,

⁴⁰He pours contempt on princes And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

⁴¹Yet He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction, And makes their families like a flock.

⁴²The upright see it and rejoice; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

⁴³Who is wise? Let him observe and heed these things; And [thoughtfully] consider the lovingkindness of the LORD.

¹A Song. A Psalm of David. O God, my heart is steadfast [with confident faith]; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

²Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!

³I will praise and give thanks to You, O LORD, among the people; And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

⁴For Your lovingkindness is great and higher than the heavens; Your truth reaches to the skies.

⁵Be exalted [in majesty], O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth.

⁶That Your beloved [ones] may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

⁷God has spoken in His holiness: "I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people], And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

⁸"Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head [My stronghold, My defense]; Judah is My scepter.

⁹"Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I will throw My shoe [to show Edom is Mine]; Over Philistia I will shout [in triumph]."

¹⁰Who will bring me into the fortified city [of Petra]? Who will lead me to Edom?

¹¹Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go out, O God, with our armies?

¹²Give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].

¹³With God we will do valiantly, For it is He who will trample down our enemies.